worm的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT蠕蟲

A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs.

N-PLURAL(動物或人體內的)寄生蟲，腸蟲

If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines.

VERB給(動物)驅寄生蟲

If you worm an animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines.

• I worm all my birds in early spring...

  早春的時候我給我所有的鳥打蟲。

• All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.

  所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次蟲。

VERB艱難地移動；蜷縮著身子走

If you worm your way somewhere, you move there with difficulty, twisting or bending your body or making it narrow.

• I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous, undignified fashion...

  我側著身子艱難地從長凳上移開，那個樣子很可笑，很不雅觀。

• The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door.

  小貓縮著身子從剛開了一點兒的門中擠過來。

VERB(通常為欺騙別人或得到好處)逐漸取得(成功或好感)

If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage.

• She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public's hearts...

  她從不放過任何博取公眾歡心的機會。

• Everyone knows people who have wormed their way up on old school connections.

  每個人都認識一些利用老同學關係向上爬的人。

N-SING可憐蟲;軟蛋;卑鄙的傢伙

If you call a person a worm, you are insulting them by saying that they have a very weak or unpleasant character and you have no respect for them.

N-COUNT“蠕蟲”病毒

A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network.

PHRASE極為棘手的問題

If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.

• You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants...

  我認為你在此引發了一個極為棘手的全新問題，我們可能會就學生貸款和助學金展開一次大辯論。

• Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.

  濫用藥物是體育賽事中無人想要觸及的棘手問題。

PHRASE蠕蟲被踩，也會翻騰；兔子急了也咬人

If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.

• Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.

  現在他妻子伊麗莎白被逼急了，把他攆了出去，自己找了個情人。